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No. 75 Poudouchéry Lundi
6
Octobre
2025
No.
Puducherry
Monday
6th
October
2025
(14 Asvina 1947)
GOVERNMENT OF PUDUCHERRY
CHIEF SECRETARIAT
(HIGHER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION)
(G.O. Ms. No. 25, Puducherry, dated 26th September 2025)
NOTIFICATION
In supersession of the G.O. Ms. No. 57, dated 01-10-2013 of the
Chief Secretariat (Education), Puducherry, save as respect things done
or omitted to be done before such supersession, the Lieutenant-Governor
of Puducherry is pleased to extend and order the following Rules and
Regulations/Guidelines afresh for the award of Perunthalaivar Kamarajar
Financial Assistance to students admitted to Unaided Private
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Professional Educational Institutions in the Union territory of Puducherry
through CENTAC and studying Medical, Engineering, Para-Medical,
Dental Sciences, Veterinary Sciences, Agriculture, Law Courses, etc., and
Reimbursement of full fees for students admitted under the 10%
Government School Students Quota in NEET based UG Courses (MBBS/
BDS/BAMS), in Government/Private Self-Financing Medical Colleges in
the Union territory of Puducherry as follows:
RULES AND REGULATIONS
I. General.— In order that no meritorious student is prevented on
grounds of financial constraint to carry or continue his or her academic
career in the field of Education, the Government of Puducherry has
decided to award Financial Assistance under "Perunthalaivar Kamarajar
Financial Assistance Scheme" to the eligible students admitted in the
Unaided Private Professional Educational Institutions in the Union
territory of Puducherry through CENTAC and studying Medical/
Engineering/Para-Medical/Dental
Sciences/Veterinary
Sciences/
Agriculture/Law Courses, etc., and reimbursement of full tuition fees to
the students admitted under 10% Government School Students Quota
in NEET based UG Courses (MBBS/BDS/BAMS) in Government/Private
Self-Financing Medical Colleges in the Union territory of Puducherry.
II. Allocation of Financial Assistance.— Financial Assistance will
be awarded to all students admitted to unaided private professional
Educational Institutions in the Union territory of Puducherry through
CENTAC and studying Medical, Engineering, Para-Medical, Dental
Sciences, Veterinary Sciences, Agriculture, Law Courses, etc.,
Additionally, full tuition fees will be reimbursed to students admitted
under the 10% Government School Students Quota in NEET based UG
Courses (MBBS, BDS, BAMS) at Government/Private Self-Financing
Medical Colleges in the Union territory of Puducherry. This applies to
Indian Citizens and residents of the Union Territory. The Adi Dravidar
Welfare and Scheduled Tribes Welfare Department, Puducherry, will
provide financial assistance to Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes
students.
III. Coverage and eligibility.— (1) Only those eligible candidates
admitted to the Unaided Private Professional Educational Institutions
in the Union territory of Puducherry through CENTAC and studying Medical,
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Engineering, Para-Medical, Dental Sciences, Veterinary Sciences,
Agriculture, Law Courses, etc., and under the 10% Government School
Students Quota in NEET based UG Courses (MBBS/BDS/BAMS), who
are Indian Citizens and residents of the Union territory of Puducherry –
'Resident' being as defined for the purpose of admission in Educational
Institutions by this Administration from time to time – and who have
passed the qualifying examination in the first attempt, will be eligible
for consideration for the award of this Financial Assistance, subject to
the fulfillment of other conditions of the Scheme.
(2) The candidates who have passed the qualifying examination
and are studying in the first year of their respective courses during the
year of the award of financial assistance will be eligible for consideration;
provided that candidates admitted to the second year through lateral
entry in Engineering Courses will be eligible for consideration from the
second year onwards.
(3) A candidate who is in full-time employment will not be
eligible for the award of financial assistance. However, if he/she gives
up employment or takes leave without pay for the entire duration of the
course and thereafter starts his/her studies as a full-time student,
he/she will be eligible for the award under the Scheme.
(4) A recipient of financial assistance shall not receive any other
regular scholarships or stipends.
(5) Financial assistance will not be provided during the
internship period for medical students or other similar courses.
(6) A recipient of financial assistance under the above Scheme
may receive a fee concession provided by the Institution in which they
are studying, or by any other relevant authority.
(7) Candidates studying as part-time students or privately or
in an unrecognized Institution or through correspondence courses will
not be eligible.
IV. Selection procedure.— (1) The Directorate of Higher and
Technical Education will invite applications from eligible students
enrolled in the first year of Medical, Engineering, Para-Medical, Dental
Sciences, Veterinary Sciences, Agriculture, Law Courses, etc., as well
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as second-year students in lateral entry Engineering and students
admitted under the 10% Government School Students Quota in NEET
based UG Courses (MBBS, BDS, BAMS), through the Institutions in
which they are studying.
(2) The
Government/Private
Professional
Educational
Institutions must submit the students' particulars/data and the
corresponding renewal mark sheets through the online portal developed
by the Directorate of Higher and Technical Education, using their login
credentials.
V. Tenability.— (1) Financial assistance will be available for the
first year in Medical, Engineering, Para-Medical, Dental Sciences,
Veterinary Sciences, Agriculture, Law Courses, etc., and for the second
year of engineering courses only in the case of the Lateral Entry Scheme.
(2) A candidate studying any professional Degree Course, once
selected and awarded financial assistance, who then shifts to another
professional Degree Course, will be awarded financial assistance at the
rate admissible for the new course, after deducting the assistance already
received for the number of years the candidate was previously in receipt
of financial assistance.
VI. Rates of Financial Assistance.— (1) The financial assistance
will be awarded to students admitted through the Centralized Admission
Committee (CENTAC), Puducherry, for the courses mentioned below at
the following rates for the Academic Years 2022-23 and 2023-24, without
considering parental annual income from any source:
Sl.
Name of the Course
Quantum of Assistance/
No.
per student/per annum
(1)
(2)
(3)
1.
MBBS
2,25,000
2.
B.Tech.
25,000
3.
B.Sc. Nursing
8,000
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(2) From the Academic Year 2024-25, the financial assistance will
be awarded for all the courses as detailed below:
Sl.
Name of the Course
Quantum of
No.
Assistance per
student
per annum # ( )
(1)
(2)
(3)
1.
MBBS
2,25,000
2.
B.Tech.
25,000
3.
BDS
1,50,000
4.
B.Arch.
25,000
5.
B.Sc. (Hons.)-Agriculture/Horticulture
42,500
6.
B.A. LLB/LLB
12,500
7.
B.Voc.
25,000
8.
Paramedical Degree Courses including B.Sc. Nursing
20,000
9.
Paramedical Diploma Courses
10,000
(3) The following income ceiling slabs are introduced for the
Academic Year 2024-25 and 2025-26 for availing PKFAS benefits as
detailed below:–
Total annual Parental Income up to
8 lakhs – 100% PKFAS
Total annual Parental Income from 8 lakhs and above – 50% PKFAS
(4) The quantum of assistance mentioned vide para VI.(2) will
be the maximum limit. The financial assistance will be awarded only to
the extent of actual Tuition Fees as fixed by the Fee Committee, subject
to a maximum of the above stipulated amount.
(5) Rates of financial assistance for the reimbursement of full
fees to students admitted under the 10% Government School Students
Quota in NEET based UG Courses (MBBS/BDS/BAMS) in Government
or Private Self-financing Medical Colleges in the Union territory of
Puducherry from the Academic Year 2023-24:
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The financial assistance awarded is the actual fee as fixed by
the Fee Committee and subject to revision by the Fee Committee from
time to time
VII. Duration of financial assistance and its renewal.—(1) Students
who avail I year financial assistance, II year in the case of Lateral entry
in Engineering Course, will automatically become eligible for award of
financial assistance for all the years of duration of their course, subject
to promotion to the next class provided the student secures 50% or more
marks or equivalent Grade Point Average in aggregate for the preceding
year. For purpose of renewal, the marks are to be rounded off to 50% if
the actual marks obtained by the awardee are 49.5% or more.
(2) When an awardee secures less than 50% marks in the
promotional examination, his financial assistance will be suspended for
that academic year and will be renewed on his attaining the requisite
standard in the following annual Examination. This concession will not
be extended beyond one academic year for any particular stage of
education.
(3) If an awardee shows unsatisfactory progress during the
course of his studies, viz., failure in the promotional examination and
being ineligible to take any supplementary examination subsequently or
if he changes the course of study without the prior approval of the Union
Territory Administration represented by the Director of Higher and
Technical Education, the financial assistance will be cancelled. Good
conduct and regularity in attendance are also required conditions for
continuance of the financial assistance. The decision of the Government
of Puducherry represented by the Director of Higher and Technical
Education will be final and binding in all such cases. Financial assistance
once cancelled will not be restored under any circumstances.
(4) In the case of Final University examination, if the awardee
is placed in compartment, his financial assistance will not be extended
beyond the final annual examination of the course.
(5) The financial assistance will be renewed for each successive
year subject to what is stated above on the basis of an eligibility
certificate issued by the Head of Institution at the time of submission
of the renewal application submitted through online. The Head of the
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Institution is expected to bring to the notice of the sanctioning authority
concerned any adverse report that may have been necessitated due to
habitual irregularity, misbehavior, participation in strikes, etc., of
financial assistance recipient and if necessary, suggest suspension/
cancellation of financial assistance.
(6) Where the Head of the Institution gives adverse comments
and specifically recommends that the financial assistance should not
be renewed, the sanctioning authority concerned should fully satisfy
him-self of the reasons for such adverse comments and form his own
opinion in the case. If, the sanctioning authority concerned finally
decides to cancel the award, he should do so with the approval of the
Secretary to Government (Education), Puducherry.
(7) It is essential that Marks Sheet (original) of the Annual
Examination should be attached with the renewal application. This will
enable the sanctioning authority concerned to decide the eligibility of
the awardee regarding the renewal of the financial assistance with
reference to documentary evidence. Certain Universities do not,
however, give marks in the Marks Sheet but, show only the grades by
symbols such as Distinction, A, B or C plus, etc., and the explanation
of these symbols is given at the bottom of the Marks Sheet. In these
cases, if there is no way of knowing the exact percentage of marks
secured, it would be necessary for the Sanctioning Authority concerned
to arrive at the aggregate percentage of marks secured by the awardee
by taking the mean of the various grades. For instance if grade 'A'
denotes above 60% but below 75%, the awardee should be assumed to
have scored 67.5%, i.e., the mean of 60% and 75%. The aggregate should
thus be arrived on the basis of the mean of all the grades.
(8) A financial assistance under the Scheme is renewable from
year to year within the same stage of education till the awardees undergo
study and not while they undergo Training/Internship.
(9) (a) The conditions laid down above will be relaxable in the
following circumstances :
If an awardee is unable to appear in the Final or Annual
University examination owing to prolonged illness extending over a long
period which had resulted in shortage in the required attendance as per
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University Rules, the financial assistance will be renewed for next year
provided the Head of the Institution certifies that the awardee would
have passed the University Examination with at least 50% had he taken
the examination and a Registered Medical Practitioner also certifies that
the awardee had been ill for a period by which the attendance falls short;
Provided that if an awardee appears for the annual examination
within a continuous course of studies (but not a final University
examination) and after taking the examination for some papers/practicals
he is taken ill and is prevented by such illness from taking examination
for the remaining papers/practicals, his financial assistance would be
suspended in the first instance subject to the condition that if the
awardee obtains 50% or more marks in the aggregate in the papers/
practicals in which he could appear before falling ill, and subject further
to his producing a Medical Certificate from a Registered Medical
Practitioner certifying that owing to illness it was not possible for the
awardee to take the examination during the period in which the
examination for the remaining papers/practicals was held, the financial
assistance so suspended would be revived for the next higher class in
the same continuous course of studies after the awardee has passed
the same examination with, as per rules, at least 50% marks in the
aggregate, wherever such examination takes place on the next occasion,
irrespective of the fact whether it is a Supplementary Examination or
another Annual Examination.
(9) (b) In the case of students who are treated to have failed for
reasons of illness (Rule VII (9) (a) but, are promoted provisionally to
next higher class, no suspension of financial assistance is involved.
VIII. Payment of financial assistance.— (1) The Directorate of
Higher and Technical Education, Puducherry, shall send proposal to the
Government for Block sanction for disbursement of Perunthalaivar
Kamarajar Financial Assistance to eligible students.
(2) The Directorate of Higher and Technical Education has to
obtain the list of names of eligible students admitted through CENTAC
in the Colleges concerned and after thorough scrutinizing of their
applications and particulars, shall furnish the list of names of eligible
students with the name of the College to which they are admitted so as
enable the Director of Accounts and Treasuries, Puducherry to make
payment.
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(3) Financial assistance for students admitted to Unaided
Private Professional Educational Institutions in the Union territory of
Puducherry through CENTAC, and pursuing courses in Medical,
Engineering, Para-Medical, Dental Sciences, Veterinary Sciences,
Agriculture, Law Courses, etc., as well as for students admitted under
the 10% Government School Students Quota in NEET based UG Courses
(MBBS/BDS/BAMS), shall be drawn by the Directorate of Accounts and
Treasuries, Puducherry, and paid directly to the respective colleges'
accounts from the Academic Year 2022-23.
IX. Payment of financial assistance during leave.— (1) The
financial assistance during leave will be admissible as follows:
If, the absence is due to illness supported by Medical Certificate
from a Registered Medical Practitioner:–
(a) Full financial assistance, if the absence does not exceed two
months;
(b) Half financial assistance, if the absence exceeds two months
but, not four months. For the first two months, the financial
assistance will be paid at full rates and for the period exceeding
two months, the financial assistance will be paid at half the rates;
and
(c) No financial assistance, if the absence exceeds four months.
For the first four months, however, the financial assistance will be
paid as per sub-clause (b).
(2) For women the financial assistance will be admissible at full
rates up to four and a half months for absence on grounds of maternity.
No financial assistance will be paid for a period exceeding four and a
half months due to absence on grounds of maternity.
(3) In all the above cases, the financial assistance at the rates
indicated will be paid only if, the Head of the Institution recommends
the application and certifies that the awardee is likely to make up the
deficiency in lectures and studies during the rest of the period of the
course of studies.
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(4) The awardee will get the financial assistance as long as he/
she is on the rolls of an institution subject to sub-paragraphs above.
If, on account of prolonged illness or by other valid reasons, the
awardee’s name is struck off from the rolls, he/she will be entitled to
the restoration of the financial assistance only on readmission and on
the recommendation of the Head of the Institution.
The number of students admissible for the financial assistance
under the PKFA Scheme shall be the total number seats surrendered by
Private Professional Colleges under Government Quota in the approved
courses mentioned in the regulation at clause VI (2) and filled through
Centralized Admission Committee (CENTAC) during the Academic
Year 2024-25.
The PKFA Scheme shall continue to be in operation every
academic year from the date of the notification on the above guidelines
of the regulation unless (or) otherwise any changes/amendments is
brought (or) proposed by the Government and such changes/
amendments is notified by the Government in the Gazette.
2. If, any doubt arises in the implementation of the guidelines, the
decision of the Government is final.
(By order of the Lieutenant-Governor)
KRISHNA MOHAN UPPU, I.A.S.,
Secretary to Government (Education).
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